CJTF-HOA service members learn about humanitarian relief operations

Service members deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, pose for a class photo with instructors from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 7, 2018. Members attended the two-day USAID Joint Humanitarian Operations Course, which highlighted international disaster response, best practices and the U.S. military’s role when supporting foreign humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Allyson L. Manners)

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The U.S. Marine Corps is arguably one of the most revered institutions within the U.S. Department of Defense. So, when Combined Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) leadership recently welcomed members of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) into the U.S. Marine Corps Corporals Course, it was a distinct honor.

The African Union Mission in Somalia’s capabilities to provide security in Somalia were recently strengthened when U.S. military members of U.S. Africa Command and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa delivered nearly 20 vehicles and two storage containers to the Uganda People’s Defence Force here, Sept. 25.